The first major thing he did was to rectify law and order, maintain a curfew at night, and at the same time settle the original less than 200 defenders, and choose the strong ones to continue to eat military rations, provided that they would find the squires as a guarantee.

The old and weak were persuaded to retire and gave a severance pay of three yuan, and these Tang soldiers, who were at a loss, were all overjoyed.

Then there is clearing the streets, helping orphans and widows, visiting the elderly, anyway, there is food in the warehouse, and it doesn't cost much to release some love, but at least the goodwill is there, and it has won the praise of the people.

On this day, they were drinking tea and gossiping with the flower gun in the county office, and the two got along for a long time, and their friendship deepened, and they trusted each other like brothers.

A personal guard came to report that the prince was in a hurry to see him.

Jia Yin hurriedly got up to greet him, and as soon as the prince met, he solemnly bowed, "I've seen General A and General Hua." ”

"Old master, I said that you can call me Yuan Jing, but is there something wrong?"

Wang Fuzi smiled and said: "Usually, the old man can ask for a lot, but today's asking for each other is a big deal, and he should be commensurate with his official position." ”

Jia Yin smiled and let him enter the flower hall, poured a cup of tea for Master Wang, and said: "Just say it, I will naturally do what I can do, and if I can't do it, I can only wait for the imperial court to send a genuine county order." ”

"Only you can help with this."

Master Wang held the cup with both hands to warm his hands, and it was a little difficult to speak, "I can't hide it, it's the mountain people in Xixiang who asked the old man to intercede, and there is a terrible monster over there, which has damaged seven or eight lives, and it howls and screams night and night, and everyone is terrified...... So I want to ask General A to help eliminate harm for the people. ”

"Monsters? What does it look like? ”

"I only heard that it was black and strong, but I couldn't tell it clearly, and the mountain people only looked at it from afar."

"Then why did you hurt so many people?"

"Well, the mountain people live a difficult life, many people rely on the collection of medicine for a living, although the season of digging dendrobium has passed, but there are still many people into the mountains to try their luck, just like that, a few will die under the life of this beast, and then the death is the hunter invited by the four towns."

"Do you know the whereabouts of the monster? The mountains here stretch out, and if you look for them again, it will take a lot of effort. ”

"You don't have to look for it, it's just the goose falling off the cliff, and I don't know what's going on, I howl every night, and I don't go there."

Jia Yin nodded and said, "That's it, please arrange a guide, and I'll go and have a look." ”

The prince was overjoyed and said that the villagers were outside.

Flower Gun got up and said, "I'll go." ”

Jia Yin shook his head and said, "You are more cautious than me, and you are more at ease to defend the city than to keep it myself." ”

"Take more people with you."

Jia Yin said: "It should be enough to call Qi San a few more." ”

The guide is a tall and thin man, with a bitter gourd face, known as long hairy legs, who can't ride a horse, and doesn't talk much, just cares about running with his head down, Jia Yin can't bear to let him muddy water, just let him walk slowly.

The hairy leg gasped and said that the sooner you go back, the villagers will be relieved sooner.

Jiayin was speechless, so he had to ride a horse to follow, but fortunately, the mountain road was difficult to walk, only out of the city and ran less than ten miles, the mountain became steep, and the mountain road was narrower.

At the end of Shen, the group came to Huweigang, the hometown of long hairy legs.

There are fifty or sixty families scattered in the mountains and forests, the sound of chickens and dogs barking is heard from afar, and the smoke owls go straight into the clouds, like a paradise.

Jiayin was pleased with this tranquility, dismounted and walked, watching as he went, stepping on the stones and wading through a thin curtain waterfall, and arrived at the home of the long-haired leg at the entrance of the village.

But it was a thatched hut made of bamboo, and the yellow mud that had been covered with yellow mud to protect it from the wind and rain had fallen off in a few places, and a little boy of six or seven years old bit his fingers and stood on the edge of the slope and looked at them blankly.

"Daddy."

"Go and call the third uncle and them, General A and they are here to collect the blame."

The little boy was instructed and did not forget to take another look at Jiayin's big green horse, and then ran towards the village.

Under the leadership of the third uncle, the villagers greeted them very ceremoniously.

After sitting down in the earthen house of the ancestral hall and drinking two sips of hot tea, you must first understand the situation.

"That beast is on the cliff of the wild goose, not far from here, there are still about ten miles of mountain roads."

"Have you seen the beast?"

Sanbu Gong asked a man named Yamane to answer, saying that only he had seen it.

The mountain root spoke a little stammered, and it took him a long time to understand, it turned out that the hunter went to hunt and killed the way he led, but he hid far away and survived, only to hear him say: "The beast is black, very different from tigers and leopards, its head is as big as a fight, it runs like it can fly, and it is extremely ferocious, and several hunters have been bitten to death by it one by one......"

Jia Yin nodded and said that there are a number of them, we have crossbows and armor, and we will definitely be able to deal with them, so we will give peace of mind to the nervous mountain people first.

Dinner will be ready after a while, but it is the beast meat in the cauldron, the winter bamboo shoots and tofu in the cauldron, but there is no wine, in the face of the third uncle's guilty look, Jia Yin was embarrassed to get up, and motioned to Qi Sanduo to take out the dry food cakes, and share one or two meals with the children who were watching the excitement.

"Third uncle, why is there a medicinal fragrance in this meat?"

The third uncle is already old, but his teeth are excellent, and the fried beans are still crispy, and he said with a smile: "The general is a distinguished guest, there is nothing to entertain in the mountains, just put a few dendrobiums." ”

"Dendrobium? What is it? ”

Seeing that Jia Yin was curious, the third uncle was energetic, his waist straightened, and he shook his head and smiled: "Dendrobium is a good thing, it is the first of the nine immortal grasses, and it is produced on the cliff on this mountain.

This dendrobium receives the aura of heaven and earth all the year round, absorbs the essence of the sun and the moon, and is the best health preservation, which is more valuable than ginseng. ”

Jia Yin will be suspicious, "The head of the Nine Great Immortal Grasses? ”

The third uncle said proudly: "Exactly, dendrobium can nourish yin and jin, nourish the spleen and stomach, protect the liver and gallbladder and strengthen the muscles and bones, moisten the veins, brighten the eyes, nourish the skin, light the body and prolong life, the first place in the medical book, do you say it is a fairy grass?" ”

Jiayin's eyes lit up when he heard the words "bright eyes", he remembered that Su Ziyu's maid Shuang'er had said that the little lady had read too many account books, and her eyes always hurt, thinking that since she had this fairy grass, she would have to buy some when she went back.

As he was eating, he heard ......a beast roar in the distance, which roared like thunder.

The third uncle's face changed and said, "That's it." ”

The war horses outside the door roared in unison, and there was a commotion of raising their manes and kicking their hooves.

Qi Sanduo put down the bowl, went out with the two brothers to appease the war horse, and came back after a while, his face was a little frightened.

He said to Jia Yin: "That beast is so powerful, just this roar, these mounts are actually full of feces and urine, two of them are still sitting on the ground and moving, and even the dogs are holding their tails and burrowing their heads into the chicken coop." ”

Jia Yin was also a little nervous in his heart, but his face was silent, and he smiled: "What's the panic, eat enough first, so that you can rest, and we will go to collect it tomorrow morning." ”

It was night, and everyone was barely asleep, and the beast roared from time to time, and when he listened closely, his voice seemed to be mournful and weeping, and it was even more chilling in the quiet night of the valley.